Alphabets of Africa

SUDAN

AVOKAYA (NILO-SAHARAN)

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

EXAMPLES

ivi

P

Ibl

b

m

'b

N

t

/tr/

tr

/d/

d

/d/

'd

/dr/

dr

/ts/

c

/dz/

J

/k/

k

/kp/

kp

/g/

g

/gb/

gb

7*^/

/i/

i

/i/

i

/£/

e

m

Tones:

W

high
raid
low
rising

/m/

/mb/

/mv/

/n/

/nd/

/ndr/

Indzl

/g/
/gg/

m

mb

mv

n

nd

ndr

ndz

ny

ng

/gmgb/ ngb

/a/

on W

/f/
M
Isl

l7j

N

in

Ihl
/w/

/y/

/u/

/o/

f

V

s
z

1

r

h
w

'w

y

a

arowa

a

atubu

b

ba

'b

'bi

c

cofo

d

dale

'd

'di'di

dr

drale

e

erekowa

f

fe

g
gb

h

giipiri

gbaraka

hiiwa

nni

nfli

J6
kamt

kp

kpa
alo

m
mb

manyara
amba

mv

mva

nd ndale

ndr Tndri

ng nga

ngb angba

nj njaa
ny

o
P

nyale

r)61e

otogowa

saramandi

t?

trole

ukuku

vuli

wale

a'wa

ayo

i'ya

oze

hippopotamus

pigeon

breast

feather

lung

to pour

porridge

to die

squirrel

tree

mosquito

bed

open

to go

to know

house

lion

also

one

giraffe

large

child

three

to search

goat

thing

frog

ready

to eat

to cut

hare

foot

two

peanut

mouth

to carry

tortoise

to throw

to jump over

meat

yam

arrow

rain

knee

ALPHABET

a a b 'b c d 'd dr e f g gb h i i j k kp 1 m mb mv n
nd ndr ng ngb nj ny ij o p r s t tr u v w V y 'y z '

number of graphemes 43

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Alphabets of Afrtea

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Published by UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar (D1<£DA)
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Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3 © unesco 1993

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